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McEnroe and Gorbachev
The politeness of American crowds, the dismissal of John McEnroe from the Australian Open, and Gorbachev's plan to make a profit from peace, as discussed by Alistair Cooke.
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Fri 2 Feb 1990
21:00
BBC Radio 4
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